Did you know there are grains of rice with much bigger genomes than humans? Who would have thought it?
How Science has advanced since the Victorian Era...
by ziddina 71 Replies latest social current
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palmtree67
Good news, Brizzzy!
I heard that the dinosaurs can be resurrected, since their bones have been fossilized and not cremated.
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cofty
All you need is a baby tooth apparently
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NewChapter
Did you know there are grains of rice with much bigger genomes than humans? Who would have thought it?
Well to be fair, when I said that mapping the human genome was bigger, HUGE, I was just being metaphorical!
I mean, geez, Cofty, give a goil a break. I thought guys liked when women found tiny things huge!
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cofty
I thought guys liked when women found tiny things huge!
haha - Fair comment. The rice thing just goes to show it not size that matters. No grain of rice ever mapped its own genome.
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brizzzy
Good news, Brizzzy!
I heard that the dinosaurs can be resurrected, since their bones have been fossilized and not cremated.
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cyberjesus
What? Primates our ancestors?
u crazy
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jgnat
I like this thread.
What I find so cool about the human genome project was the exponential speed by which the mapping was completed. The project leaders in 1990 had not anticipated advances in computation.
A Victorian false start:
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brizzzy
A Victorian false start:
Ah yes, the idea that feeling the bumps on your head could tell scientists something about your personality.
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cofty
Some of the early pioneers of technology like Marconi, Alexander Graham Bell and John Logie Baird went off on tangents about telepathy and remote viewing.
